"Vat" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Vat shall I do mit him? I shall make him mine best bows and send him home, py Gott! Ve did had some liddle troubles mit der cards, and ven mine foot was slipped on dis verdammt grease-grass, he did not run me ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde
... deep one, the Professor," grunted the Hanoverian barkeeper. "Vat a lot 'e knows!" The Teuton rinsed his beer glasses with a vicious twirl as he exclaimed: "Like as not, choost so like, he's up to some new devilment! Niemand know vere 'e hangs out! He's a wonder, he is, ...
— The Midnight Passenger • Richard Henry Savage
... threatened to withhold its annual subsidy of $130 million - roughly one-third of the islands' budget revenues - unless the Faroese make significant efforts to balance their budget. To this extent the Faroe government is expected to continue its tough policies, including introducing a 20% VAT in 1993, and has agreed to an IMF economic-political stabilization plan. In addition to its annual subsidy, the Danish government has bailed out the second largest Faroe bank to the tune of $140 million since October 1992. National product: GDP - purchasing ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... "I say, dear child; vat if de Marquis vant to buy off and hush up? Ten to von he vill; he care no more for monish than for dem macaroons, and he ...
— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
... "Dat's vat I tought. You dond look ride. Your mudder vouldn't known you since you gome here. Pedder you send for ...
— The Eagle's Heart • Hamlin Garland
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